Adobe Desktop Publishing Course - February 2015

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Adobe Desktop Publishing Course - February 2015

INTRO TO DESKTOP PUBLISHING

When: 16th - 20th February 2015
Cost: $900
Hours: 9am - 5pm daily (lunches and refreshments provided)
Where: Solution Centre, 118 Enterprise Rd

A certificate of completion will be issued for each of the software packages covered.

NB: If you sign up and pre-pay for both the introductory course and the advanced course (held between 20th - 24th April 2015) you will receive a discount. Please contact nick@solutioncentre.co.zw or (04) 442864 to find out more about this offer.

Training Agenda

Day 1:

Intro to DTP and Adobe Illustrator CS6 | CC
Print technology Intro.
Colour theory.
The principles of good print designs
Typical DTP work-flows
Adobe Illustrator CS6 | CC - Covers the design features of this vector package. Practical exercises take the learner through tools and panels in the application and how to use them to create original designs.

Day 2:

Continuation of Adobe Illustrator CS6 | CC

User Interface / Navigation / Viewing • Working with Artboards
Isolation Mode / Drawing Shapes
Compound Paths / Pathfinder / Shape Builder
Working with Text
Clipping Masks / Shaping tools / Drawing Tools
Working with Colour fills, gradients and patterns
Transforming
Symbols / Gradient Mesh / Blends
Liquification Tools / Bitmaps / Preflight
Output / Saving

Day 3:

Adobe Photoshop CS6 | CC - The learner is taken through the main features of Photoshop, touching on Colour Correction for Photography, Image design and Composition, Round-tripping, Image Manipulation / Editing / Touching-Up, Airbrushing, “make-overs” and much more.

User Interface / Navigation / Screen Modes / View Options • Saving / Exporting / Image Size and Resolution
Selection Tools / Helper Tools
Refine Edges / Select Menu
Adobe Bridge / Text and Type
Layers / Transforming / Working with Colour
Colour Correcting / Smart Objects / Smart Filters / Round-tripping
Output

Day 4:

Adobe InDesign CS6 | CC - InDesign has become the DTP operator’s programme of choice because of it’s integration with other Adobe products and it's flexible and fast work-flow in
creating incredible, stylish and simply beautiful publications.

User Interface / Page Setup / Working with Pages
Working with Text / Working with Graphics
Fill & Stroke / Transparency and Effects
Working with Colour / Layers / Working with Content • Transforming / Typography Tips and Tricks

Day 5:

Adobe Acrobat XI Pro for DTP - A brief introduction to using Acrobat in the DTP work-flow for quick editing and pre-flight
checking.

Project work: Using what has been learned in the four days, we will work on a practical exercise creating a logo and brand pack in Illustrator; editing, colour correcting and compositing photos in Photoshop; creating and pre-flighting a brochure using all the above in InDesign; and finally outputting to print-ready PDF, packaging and archiving.

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16 February 2015

Solution Centre

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